Gelston Park NSW 2650

Gelston Park sits 472 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 5 hours 5 minutes by car. Census data records 160 residents with a median age of 47 and a median household income of $126,724 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The locality grew 32.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $460 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,184. Gelston Park is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Q4 2025

Gelston Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.43 million in the December 2025 quarter, roughly 70% above where it sat a year earlier. That said, only four sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level. Zoom out: prices have climbed roughly 158% over the past decade — 9.9% per year on average.

Houses

$1,425,000

last 4 quarters
↑ +70.5% year-on-year
↑ +157.9% over 2015–2025 (+9.9%/yr compound)

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Units

$1,400,000

last 2 quarters
↑ +129.5% over 2018–2025 (+12.6%/yr compound)

Based on only 1 sale — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$550/wk
262 bonds
+48% since 2021
2-bed units
$400/wk
84 bonds
+48% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2650 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

114 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2650.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Is Gelston Park safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Gelston Park sits in the low band, with 3 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 40% on the prior year.

3 offences

40.0% since 2024
Theft 2 (66.7%)
Weapons Offences 1 (33.3%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

2 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Wagga Wagga City Council has published 6 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 6 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Gelston Park is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Gelston Park.

24
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
49
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 61%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 39%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
9 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Wagga Wagga: council population

The whole council area, not just Gelston Park · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
69,108
Change
+2
people since 2024
Density
14
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+446
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-754
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+310
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
9/10
8/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
10/10
10/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
7/10
7/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Gelston Park is home to 160 residents, with a median age of 47, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $127,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

160

32.2% since 2016

Median Age

47

7.8% since 2016

Median Household Income

$126,724/yr

12.5% since 2016
Top 12% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$460/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$2,184/mo

0.7% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

7.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$54,808/yr

37.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

0.0%

Total Dwellings

57

39.0% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

100.0%

no change since 2016

Houses

89.5%

10.5% since 2016

Rental Stress

18.9%

Mortgage Stress

20.7%

11.5% since 2016

Work From Home

10.8%

39.7% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 51 (89.5%)
Flats / Apartments 6 (10.5%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 25 (52.1%)
Mortgage 23 (47.9%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
88.8%
English Spoken at Home
95.6%
Employment Rate
65.6%
5.0% since 2016
Completed Year 12
42.5%

Occupations

Professionals 22 (26.8%)
Technicians & Trades 15 (18.3%)
Managers 14 (17.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 13 (15.9%)
Community & Personal Service 10 (12.2%)
Labourers 9 (11.0%)
Sales 7 (8.5%)

Religion

Christianity 84 (52.5%)
No Religion 62 (38.8%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 4 (2.5%)

Age Distribution

0-4 7 (4.4%)
5-14 25 (15.6%)
15-19 14 (8.8%)
20-24 7 (4.4%)
25-34 14 (8.8%)
35-44 15 (9.4%)
45-54 33 (20.6%)
55-64 27 (16.9%)
65-74 23 (14.4%)
75-84 5 (3.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 17 (70.8%)
Lone Person 4 (16.7%)
Group Household 3 (12.5%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 58 (89.2%)
Worked from Home 7 (10.8%)

Education

Bachelor Degree 33 (20.6%)
Certificate III & IV 26 (16.2%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 12 (7.5%)
Postgraduate Degree 4 (2.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4 (2.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 5 (8.8%)
2 cars 23 (40.4%)
3 cars 17 (29.8%)
4+ cars 9 (15.8%)

Council Rates

Wagga Wagga
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,254 a year through Wagga Wagga based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,254/yr
About the NSW average ($1,230) · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Gelston Park's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 99%
  • Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Wagga Wagga

The whole council area, not just Gelston Park · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 548 new dwellings were approved across Wagga Wagga. That mix is 346 houses and 202 units. Approvals are up 139.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
548dwellings
+139.1% YoY
Houses
346
detached dwellings
Units
202
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Wagga Wagga Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 7.7 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 7 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 23.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 14 · ozone 0.

From the Wagga Wagga North monitoring station, 15.5 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Wagga Wagga AMO, 13.8 km

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
352 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
565 mm
67 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
31.8°C
26 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
3.4°C
24 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.02% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2650, 197 of 49,871 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.8% (1,902 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.02%
2022
0.07%
2023
0.11%
2024
0.27%
2025
0.40%

Rooftop solar

45
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 7.0 kW each

In postcode 2650, 11,192 rooftop-solar systems totalling 77.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 25,006 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 731 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
808
2020
1,280
2021
1,483
2022
933
2023
828
2024
928
2025
746
2026
412

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

Q4-2025 median
I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$7,432
Loan amount
$1,140,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,535,501

18 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2650.

Deposit
$285,000
Stamp duty
$59,662
Cash needed at settlement
$344,662

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Riverina

Currently held by Michael Mccormack The Nationals

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Michael Mccormack 37.4% 62.6% -2.9
2022 Michael Mccormack 35.1% 64.8% -4.6
2019 Michael Mccormack 30.5% 69.5% +3.0

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Wagga Wagga District

Currently held by Joe McGirr Independent

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Joe McGirr IND 72.4%
2019 Joe McGirr IND 65.5%
2015 Daryl Maguire LP 62.9%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Gelston Park

Is Gelston Park a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Gelston Park is low (21/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Gelston Park?

Gelston Park has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Gelston Park?

Gelston Park, NSW had a population of 160 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Gelston Park, NSW?

The postcode for Gelston Park, NSW is 2650.

How far is Gelston Park from Sydney?

Gelston Park is 472 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 304 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Gelston Park?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Gelston Park was $126,724 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Gelston Park?

There are too few current rental listings in Gelston Park for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $460, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Gelston Park?

The median age of residents in Gelston Park was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.

What is the air quality in Gelston Park?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Gelston Park (Wagga Wagga North) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 23.1 µg/m³. That puts Gelston Park below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Gelston Park?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Gelston Park, Wagga Wagga AMO (13.8 km away), summer days average 31.8°C, winter nights 3.4°C, 565 mm of rain a year over 67 rainy days, and 26 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

What is the median house price in Gelston Park?

The median sale price for houses in Gelston Park was $1,425,000 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on a small sample of 4 sales — take as indicative.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Gelston Park?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Gelston Park belong to?

Gelston Park sits within the Wagga Wagga local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Gelston Park?

The average residential rates bill through Wagga Wagga is $1,254 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Gelston Park?

Across Wagga Wagga, 548 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 139.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Gelston Park in?

Gelston Park sits within the federal Division of Riverina, currently held by Michael Mccormack (The Nationals).

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